Porco Rosso means, of course, Red Pig in Italian.Porco is the straightforward Archie, while Curtis is his rival for both. Betty and Veronica: Fio, the youthful and ambitious mechanic with a crush on Porco, is obviously the Betty, while Gina, Glamorous Wartime Singer and wealthy landowner, is just as plainly the Veronica.
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Author Appeal: Miyazaki loves Italy, pigs, strong female characters, and aviation (see Meaningful Name).Porco actually only loads 5 rounds each into his machine guns because he thinks pirate hunting is not war.You see a lot of planes go down in flames there, with no implication that the pilots survived. Averted in the World War One flashback.This is due to Japan Airlines co-producing the film. Invoked for Porco whom Boss says won't shoot a fellow pilot in a dog-fight, but with all of the lead in the air you'd expect someone to get hit if only by accident. A-Team Firing: Lots of bullets are fired, but no people (or pigs) are ever hit.Art Shift: When Porco and Fierrali are watching a cartoon in the cinema, it's shown in an appropriate 1920s animation style.It's also never made clear whether he and Gina reconnected to each other (Fio seems to know the answer, but decides to keep it as a secret).
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Alternate History: Seems to be at play here, as the majority of the film appears to be set in a fictional analogue to the short-lived Free State of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) shortly before its annexation by Fascist Italy.